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<div role="main"><h1>Content Assist preferences</h1>

<p>Use the <img src="../images/command_link.png" alt="" > <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.cdt.ui.preferences.CodeAssistPreferencePage)")'>Content Assist</a> panel to customize the Content Assist feature in C/C++ editors.</p>
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	<caption><strong>Content Assist Preference Options</strong></caption>
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			<th id="option"><strong>Option</strong></th>
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			<td headers="option"><strong>Insert single proposals automatically</strong></td>
			<td headers="description">Inserts an element into your code when the Content Assist feature finds only one proposal.</td>
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			<td headers="option"><strong>Insert common prefixes automatically</strong></td>
			<td headers="description">Inserts common prefixes.</td>
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			<td headers="option"><strong>Completion Proposal Filter</strong></td>
			<td headers="description">Completion proposal filters may have been supplied with your Eclipse CDT distribution.
		Completion proposal filters can sort and order the proposals provided by the Content Assist feature to best suit your needs.
		Select the desired content assist filter from the list of available filters.</td>
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			<td headers="option"><strong>Enable "." as trigger</strong></td>
			<td headers="description">Enable to use "." as a trigger for auto-completion.</td>
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			<td headers="option"><strong>Enable "->" as trigger</strong></td>
			<td headers="description">Enable to use "->" as a trigger for auto-completion.</td>
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			<td headers="option"><strong>Enable "::" as trigger</strong></td>
			<td headers="description">Enable to use "::" as a trigger for auto-completion.</td>
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			<td headers="option"><strong>delay (ms)</strong></td>
			<td headers="description">Specifies the number of milliseconds before Content Assist is activated.</td>
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